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Herbert Haines

Herbert Haines Moffett Center, Room 2120B
607-753-2472 (Office Phone)
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Title(s):

  • Department Chair
  • Professor

Department(s):

  • Sociology/Anthropology Department

Samantha Applin

Samantha Applin Moffett Center, Room 2122
607-753-2724 (Office Phone)
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Title(s):

  • Assistant Professor

Department(s):

  • Sociology/Anthropology Department

Additional Info:

  • Courses: White-Collar Crime; Global Criminology; Alternatives to Incarceration; Sociology of Deviant Behavior; Introduction to Sociology;
  • Specializations: Comparative research, gender and violence

Elizabeth Bittel

Elizabeth Bittel Moffett Center, Room 2105
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Title(s):

  • Assistant Professor

Department(s):

  • Sociology/Anthropology Department

Additional Info:

  • Specializations: Environmental Sociology, Social Dimensions of Disasters and Hazards, Environmental Justice, Humanitarian Response and International ‘Development,’ Ethnographic Methods, Sri Lanka and Tamil Culture, Body Modification (Tattooing)
  • Courses: Methods of Social Research I, Environmental Sociology, Introduction to Sociology

Mary A. Cannito-Coville

Mary A. Cannito-Coville Moffett Center, Room 2120

Title(s):

  • Assistant Professor

Department(s):

  • Sociology/Anthropology Department

Anna Curtis

Anna Curtis Moffett Center, Room 2101
607-753-2298 (Office Phone)
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Title(s):

  • Associate Professor

Department(s):

  • Sociology/Anthropology Department

Additional Info:

  • Courses:: Sociology of Law; Criminological Theory; Crime and Inequality; Incarceration and the Family; Sterilization, Reproductive Technology and Abortion; Sociology of the Family; Juvenile Delinquency

Jacob C Damm

Jacob C Damm Moffett Center, Room 2120

Title(s):

  • Adjunct Lecturer

Department(s):

  • Sociology/Anthropology Department

Jamie Dangler

Jamie Dangler Moffett Center, Room 2114
607-753-2484 (Office Phone)
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Title(s):

  • Associate Professor

Department(s):

  • Sociology/Anthropology Department

Stephanie Decker

Stephanie Decker Moffett Center, Room 2120
607-753-2482 (Office Phone)
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Title(s):

  • Associate Professor

Department(s):

  • Sociology/Anthropology Department

Stephen Halebsky

Stephen Halebsky Moffett Center, Room 2113
607-753-2475 (Office Phone)
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Title(s):

  • Associate Professor

Department(s):

  • Sociology/Anthropology Department

Amanda Halliwell

Amanda Halliwell Moffett Center, Room 2120
607-753-2726 (Office Phone)
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Title(s):

  • Administrative Assistant 1

Department(s):

  • Sociology/Anthropology Department

Kent Johnson

Kent Johnson Moffett Center, Room 2121
607-753-4557 (Office Phone)
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Title(s):

  • Assistant Professor

Department(s):

  • Sociology/Anthropology Department

Additional Info:

Kassim Kone

Kassim Kone Moffett Center, Room 2107
607-753-5748 (Office Phone)
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Title(s):

  • Professor

Department(s):

  • Sociology/Anthropology Department

Erik LaFavor

Erik LaFavor Moffett Center, Room 2120

Title(s):

  • Adjunct Lecturer

Department(s):

  • Sociology/Anthropology Department

Lily Liang

Lily Liang Moffett Center, Room 2120

Title(s):

  • Assistant Professor

Department(s):

  • Sociology/Anthropology Department

Andrew J. Pragacz

Andrew J. Pragacz

Title(s):

  • Visiting Assistant Professor

Department(s):

  • Sociology/Anthropology Department

John-Michael Simpson

John-Michael Simpson Moffett Center, Room 2114
607-753-4762 (Office Phone)
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Title(s):

  • Assistant Professor

Department(s):

  • Sociology/Anthropology Department

William Skipper

William Skipper Moffett Center, Room 2104
607-753-2471 (Office Phone)
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Title(s):

  • Assistant Professor

Department(s):

  • Sociology/Anthropology Department

John R. Sosa

John R. Sosa Moffett Center, Room 2102
607-753-2480 (Office Phone)
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Title(s):

  • Associate Professor

Department(s):

  • Sociology/Anthropology Department

Additional Info:

  • Specializations: Maya of Yucatán, Latin America, Symbolic Anthropology, Prejudice and Discrimination, U.S. ethnic groups, Anthropological theory and methods

Sharon Steadman

Sharon Steadman Moffett Center, Room 2109
607-753-2308 (Office Phone)
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Title(s):

  • Distinguished Professor

Department(s):

  • Sociology/Anthropology Department

Anne K. Vittoria

Anne K. Vittoria Moffett Center, Room 2115
607-753-4708 (Office Phone)
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Title(s):

  • Associate Professor

Department(s):

  • Sociology/Anthropology Department

Tiantian Zheng

Tiantian Zheng Moffett Center, Room 2114
607-753-2478 (Office Phone)
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Title(s):

  • Distinguished Professor

Department(s):

  • Sociology/Anthropology Department

Additional Info:

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  • Research Interests: Recipient of two national book awards and one “Outstanding Academic Title” by Choice on research about cultural politics of gender, social class, social inequalities, migration, and their role in the transmission of disease and identity formation of the disenfranchised and underprivileged population. Testified before the Congress at Capitol Hill, UNAIDS, and the United Nations on human trafficking and other issues, and has been a featured guest speaker on NPR, BBC, and NBC. Delivered over 90 papers at national and international conferences, and over 70 invited talks by national and international universities and organizations. Invited service on the reviewer panel for Wenner-Gren Foundation, National Science Foundation, Research Grants Council of Hong Kong, and Australia Research Council, and invited service on the Editorial Board for seven academic journals.